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Please, there is atleast ONE more MMO coming soon that you should swing at.

Makes wonder if they'll Age of Conan "potential nekkid" or PG so no one gets their eyes stabbed by nipples Seriously, I'll keep it in mind - the early graphic images had seriously put me off, so we'll see.

It seems that Yoshi-P, et al., and Square Enix are going all out on a stellar Japanese voice acting cast for the game.

I already knew that Tanaka Rie (Female Miqo'te Voice Type 2 in the original FINAL FANTASY XIV) voices Kan-E-Senna and Garuda, Nakamura Yuuichi voices Thancred, Tachibana Shinnosuke voices new character Alphinaud and Sawashiro Miyuki voices someone (a number of people as well as I thought she would be voicing Merlwyb, but it turns out to be Minfilia instead), but I did not know about who the other Japanese voice actors would be that were revealed at Niconico Chokaigi 2.

Once I learned it would be all-star Japanese voice acting cast, one of the first names which popped in my head was seiyuu veteran Ootsuka Akio, partly given his prominence in Japanese dubs of foreign language, live action films and television shows.

Another name which immediately popped in my head was veteran seiyuu Tanaka Atsuko. And there she is.

(Maybe she voices Merlwyb. With roles like Ezra Scarlet in Fairy Tail under her belt, Oohara Sayaka could also voice Merlwyb.)

Another name which immediately popped in my head was Tanaka Rie's husband, veteran seiyuu Yamadera Kouichi - but, alas, he has not been listed so far - also partly given his prominence in Japanese dubs of foreign language films and television shows, animated as well as live action.

Yamadera has done the Japanese voices for a number of Disney characters, such as Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. His Donald Duck is 100% dead on. He is Donald Duck in Japanese.

I also thought Inoue Kikuko would be on the list. But so far, no go.

Ikeda Masako is known for mother/motherly/matronly roles. Her "spiritual disciples" would include Inoue Kikuko, Oohara Sayaka, and to a certain extent, Tanaka Rie (maybe more so an oneesama type, e.g., Nishizumi Maho in GIRLS und PANZER; Kan-E-Senna has "oneesama" vibes).

Mother Crystal sounds like a role for Ikeda Masako.

Of the Japanese voice actors revealed so far but with no role listed, who do you think they voice in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN?

Not sure if this was posted yet anywhere but here's some copypasta via reddit I'll just stick it here
Translated by the always amazing Reinhart
・Official service start is during summer (Sale during when it's hot (weather))
・Post 5/20 we will have information on sale date & CE details + pre-order starts
・If you pre-order you can get early access
・All legacy players will get early access
・TV CM is being worked on, CM will be different from Japan/US
・Aside from promo CM they are working on different stuff, planning to release info on that around June
・New trailer around 3rd week of May (preparing several / showing Odin as well)
・There is 6-7 in-game item in the CE edition (Such as FF1's main characters "Light Warriors" head gear)
・For "Light Warrior" gear they are working on not only the head, but full gear
・Beta test phase 3 is for early June
・580,000 people is already (in/applied?) Beta test
・UI will change in phase 3 (Will be faster/number of available options is probably #1 in the world (lots of config options))
・Opening is implemented from phase 3 (voice included)
・2nd Benchmark is going to release in between phase 3 and 4
・PS3 versions optimization progressed and the quality got higher
・Per YoshiP regarding PS4 version - we'll (probably) have it
・PC version: High resolution texture will be looked into after DX11 is addressed
・After launch, they are planning to ask different music composers to create music.
・2-3 new BGM by Mizuta Noashi is planned for launch
・Already asked Nobuo Uematsu for new music ?
・Planning to sell OST, will have it in CE version as well
・BLM's magic damage increases by casting in a row
・The live demo video of Arcanist will be released around E3
・Can go to Eureka (FF3's dungeon)
・Will have 2 retainers (Within same world it's possible to share between characters)
・Planning to implement a super retainer (temp name) which has more features
・Difficulty to obtain Dark Light gear will be eased, will be something lower than primal gear
・Need Relic to go Crystal Tower
・Crystal Tower gear is higher than Relic, Bahamut gear is higher than this
・With later added content it's possible to upgrade relic
・FATE level sync is switched on manually through task list
・There is no difference in convenience between starting nations
・Swim suit will be redistributed, confirmed.
・Shiva coming after Ramuh and Leviathan
・Barber will be implemented through patch right after launch
・Weather forecast NPC or Fat Chocobo coming after launch
・Planning for in-game library (temp-name) (can read lore information and such)
・Birthday even will be looked into later
・Subligar (FF11's leg gear) will be looked into for release
・In scenario staff there may be staff SE fan's know
・SE's new CEO Matsuda is planned to appear around next letter LIVE
・YoshiP's birthday May 1st, turning 40.
・YoshiP: His favorite character from FF series is Cloud and Sephiroth
・YoshiP: Has played over 4 digit numbers, done all the G rank solo, talked to Tsujimoto, might have something in future for colaboration.

Yes, but process for subbing(as in monthly subscription, not subtitle XD) for Japanese game is usually a hassle. They usually don't accept credit card from outside Japan, don't accept paypal(I'm not sure if the US version of FFXIV accept paypal as subscription payment option), have to input Japanese billing address, and also when there's some problem with the process, I don't speak Japanese well enough to contact the customer support XD. US' games are usually easier because not only they give more option for the subscription payment, they also accept credit card from outside US as long as it's a Visa or Mastercard credit card.

So, now that the release date has been announced, who's here planning to pre-order either the mormal edition or the collector edition? I personally plan to try it during beta 3/4 first before pre-ordering it, but from what I experienced so far, it's likely that I'll pre-order the game.